Robert Boyle and the English Revolution
Subtitle: astudy in social and intellectual change
By: by J. R. Jacob.
Series: Studies in the history of science -- 3
Publisher: B. Franklin
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Boyle, Robert, -- 1627-1691.; Science -- History -- Great Britain.; Science -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.; Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Description: “My thesis is that in order to arrive at a fuller understanding of Boyle’s thought, we must see it in the context of the world in which it evolved, the world of the English revolution and counterrevolution, civil wars, interregnum, and Restoration.” – Preface.
Notes: Includes bibliography and index.